LIU-Brooklyn soccer rides wave of emotion to NEC title
Gut Out Two Shootout Victories to Nab First League Crown Since 2004
Head men’s soccer coach TJ Kostecky had a few words of inspiration for his Blackbirds during halftime of Sunday afternoon’s Northeast Conference title match against St. Francis University (Pennsylvania) at Downtown Brooklyn’s LIU Field.
“I looked at the guys and you could tell they were tired,” revealed Kostecky, whose team had barely survived Friday’s NEC semifinal against neighborhood rival St. Francis Brooklyn via a penalty kick shootout, and was trailing the visiting Red Flash, 1-0, at halftime of the final, with an NCAA Tournament berth on the line.
“So I gave them some words of inspiration. I simply told them, ‘This is our moment!’”